First Serv. ^note

Here they'll be, man ^note. Some o' their plants are ill-rooted already; the least wind i' the world will blow them down.

Sec. Serv. ^note

Lepidus is high-coloured ^note.

First Serv. ^note

They have made him drink alms-drink.

Sec. Serv. ^note

As they pinch one another by the disposition ^note, he cries out ‘No more;’ reconciles them to his entreaty and himself to the drink.

First Serv. ^note

But it raises the greater war between him and his discretion.

Sec. Serv. ^note

Why, this it is to have a name in great men's fellowship: I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan I could not heave.

First Serv. ^note

To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in 't, are the holes where eyes should be, which pitifully disaster the cheeks.

Ant. [To Cæsar ^note]
Thus do they, sir: they take the flow o' the Nile
By certain scales ^note i' the pyramid; they know,
By the height, the lowness, or the mean, if dearth
Or foison follow: the higher Nilus swells,
The more it promises: as ^note it ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain,
And shortly comes to harvest.

Lep.
You've ^note strange serpents there. ^note

Ant.

Ay, Lepidus.

Lep.

Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun ^note: so is your crocodile.

Ant.

They are so.

Pom.

Sit,—and ^note some wine! A health to Lepidus!

Lep.

I am not so well as I should be, but I'll ne'er out. ^note

Eno.

Not till you have slept; I fear me you'll be in till then.

Lep.

Nay, certainly, I have heard the Ptolemies' ^note pyramises ^note are very goodly things; without contradiction, I ^note have heard that.

Men. [Aside to Pom.]
Pompey, a word.

Pom. [Aside to Men.]
Say in mine ear: what is't? ^note

Men. [Aside to Pom.]
Forsake thy seat ^note, I do beseech thee, captain,
And hear me speak a word ^note.

Pom. [Aside to Men.]
Forbear me ^note till anon. ^{note note}
This wine for Lepidus! ^note

Lep.
What manner o' thing is your crocodile?

Ant.

It is shaped, sir, like itself; and it is as broad as it hath breadth: it is just so high as it is, and moves with it own ^note organs: it lives by that which nourisheth it; and the elements once out of it, it transmigrates.

Lep.

What colour is it of?

Ant.

Of it own ^note colour too.

Lep.

'Tis a strange serpent.

Ant.

'Tis so. And the tears of it are wet.

Cæs.

Will this description satisfy him?

Ant.

With the health ^note that Pompey gives him, else he is a very epicure. ^note

Pom. [Aside to Men.]
Go hang, sir, hang! Tell me of that? ^note away!
Do as I bid you.—Where's this cup ^note I call'd for?

Men. [Aside to Pom.]
If for the sake of merit thou wilt hear me,
Rise from thy stool. ^note

Pom. [Aside to Men.]
I think thou'rt ^note mad. The matter? [Rises, and walks aside. ^note

Men.
I have ever held my cap off to thy fortunes.

Pom.
Thou hast served me with much faith. What's else to say?
Be jolly, lords. ^note

Ant.
These quick-sands, Lepidus,
Keep off them, ^note for ^note you sink.

Men.
Wilt thou be lord of all the world?

Pom.
What say'st thou?

Men.
Wilt thou be lord of the whole world? That's twice. ^note

Pom.
How should that be?

Men.
But entertain it ^note,
And, though ^note thou ^note think me poor, I am the man
Will give thee all the world. ^note

Pom.
Hast thou drunk well? ^note

Men.
No, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup.
Thou art, if thou darest be, the earthly Jove:
Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips,
Is thine, if thou wilt ha't.

Pom.
Show me which way. ^note

Men.
These three world-sharers, these competitors,
Are in thy vessel: let me cut the cable;
And, when we are put off, fall to their throats:
All there ^note is thine.

Pom.
Ah, this thou shouldst have done,
And not have spoke ^note on't ^note! In me 'tis villany;
In thee 't had been good service. Thou must know,
'Tis not my profit that does lead mine honour;
Mine honour, it. Repent ^note that e'er thy tongue
Hath so betray'd thine act: being done unknown,
I should have found it afterwards well done,
But must condemn it now. Desist, and drink. ^note

Men. [Aside ^note]
For this
I'll never follow thy pall'd fortunes more. ^note
Who seeks, and will not take when once 'tis offer'd, ^note
Shall never find it more.

Pom.
This health to Lepidus!

Ant.
Bear him ashore. ^note I'll pledge it for him, Pompey. ^note

Eno.
Here's to thee, Menas!

Men.
Enobarbus, welcome! ^note

Pom.
Fill till the cup be hid.

Eno.
There's a strong ^note fellow, Menas. [Pointing ^note to the Attendant who carries off Lepidus.

Men.
Why?

Eno.
A' bears ^note the third part of the world, man; see'st ^note not? ^note

Men.
The third part then is ^note drunk: would it were all,
That it might go on wheels! ^note

Eno.
Drink thou; increase the reels ^note.

Men.
Come.

Pom.
This is not yet ^note an Alexandrian feast.

Ant.
It ripens towards it. Strike the vessels, ho!
Here's ^note to Cæsar!

Cæs.
I could well forbear 't ^note.
It's monstrous labour, when I wash my brain
And it grows ^note fouler. ^note

Ant.
Be a child o' the time.

Cæs.
Possess ^note it ^note, I'll ^note make ^note answer:
But I had rather fast from all four days
Than drink so much in one. ^note

Eno. [To Antony ^note]
Ha, my brave emperor!
Shall we dance now the Egyptian Bacchanals, ^note
And celebrate our drink? ^note

Pom.
Let's ha't, good soldier.

Ant.
Come, let's ^note all take hands, ^note
Till that the conquering wine hath steep'd our sense
In soft and delicate Lethe.

Eno.
All take hands.
Make battery to our ears with the loud music:
The while I'll place you: then the boy shall sing;

The holding every man shall bear ^note as loud
As his strong sides can volley. [Music plays. Enobarbus places them hand in hand.

The Song.
Come, thou monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne!
In thy fats ^note our cares be drown'd,
With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd: ^note
Cup ^note us, till the world go round,
Cup ^note us, till the world go round!

Cæs.
What would you more? Pompey, good night. Good brother, ^note
Let me request you off: our ^note graver business
Frowns at this levity. Gentle lords, let's part;
You see we have burnt our cheeks ^note: strong Enobarb ^note
Is weaker than the wine ^note; and mine own tongue
Splits ^note what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost
Antick'd us all. What needs more words? Good night.
Good Antony, your hand.

Pom.
I'll try you on the shore ^note.

Ant.
And shall, sir: give's ^note your hand.

Pom.
O Antony,
You have ^note my father's ^note house,— ^noteBut, what? we are friends. ^note
Come, ^note down into the boat.

Eno.
Take heed you fall not. [Exeunt ^note all but Enobarbus and Menas.
Menas, I'll not on shore.

Men.
No, to my cabin. ^note
These drums! these trumpets, flutes! ^note what! ^{note note}
Let Neptune hear we bid a loud ^note farewell
To these great fellows: sound and be hang'd, sound out! [Sound ^note a flourish, with drums.

Eno.
Hoo! ^note says a'. There's ^note my cap.

Men.
Hoo! ^note Noble captain, come. [Exeunt.

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